The hosts will attempt to right the wrongs of last year’s World Cup quarter-final exit to New Zealand in Paris.

Around 50 European officials will also be seeking a strong common stance on Russia at a one-day summit on Thursday.

Two activists from Extinction Rebellion have attached themselves to the outside of the Scottish Parliament building in protest against proposals for a new gas-fired power station. They used bicycle ...

UK interest rates have been cut for the second time this year, as the Bank of England forecast a “gradual” reduction in borrowing costs despite uncertainty following the autumn Budget. The Bank’s ...

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said the grid’s stars had a responsibility to stop swearing on the radio and that they should not act ...

Monthly mortgage payments have been ‘eating up’ a much larger proportion of incomes, debt help charity StepChange said.

The sticker-decorated nacelle cockpit, dubbed Little Nellie, was used in the Lewis Gilbert-directed 1967 Bond movie starring Sir Sean Connery as 007 tried to locate the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s ...

MP Mike Amesbury has been charged with assault after a video emerged of him appearing to punch a man to the ground. The Runcorn and Helsby MP, who was suspended from Labour after footage emerged ...

The family of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered 30 years ago after going to the shops to buy cornflakes have appealed for the public’s help to catch her killer. Lindsay Rimer went missing from ...

David Moyes has accused Manchester United players of hiding behind the manager as Ruben Amorim prepares to take charge at Old Trafford. Sporting Lisbon boss Amorim will replace Erik ten Hag next week ...

A man said to be the first person charged with “dognapping” has denied the more serious charge of burglary after a dog was stolen and a woman left seriously hurt. Julian Mead, 40, is accused of taking ...